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Outbreak is a sudden increase or outburst of unexpected disease or war. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire continent.
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OCT 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I ...OCT 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Raging wildfire is not the only crisis happening in California. On Friday, October 13, 2017, California Gov. Jerry ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2017Microbiology
The local food movement, with origins dating back to the 1930s, aims at influencing consumers to purchase food that has ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 11, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 10, 2017Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2017Videos
Federal prosecutors have alleged that a Massachusetts pharmacy, New England Compounding Center (NECC), displayed a shock ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2017Videos
In Franklin, VT, a tiny town not far from the Canadian border, Lake Carmi is where residents go swimming, sail and enjoy ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According ...SEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...SEP 03, 2017Videos
A new superbug has been identified by researchers with the Partner State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences in the Departme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2017Microbiology
New work by researchers at the University of Cambridge has provided insight into how tuberculosis infections get a footh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2017Videos
No one like pimples, but they're a common occurrence in people of all ages; they can appear on almost any part of your b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2017Microbiology
Dietary supplements are popular in the United States, but the FDA has a warning about one manufacturer.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2017Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin ...JUL 29, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces ...JUN 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In a first, the US FDA requested that Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid painkiller, be voluntarily removed ...JUN 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work sheds light on how a kind of bacteria sex spreads resistance genes around.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2017Videos
Some scientists are especially dedicated to their work. Take those trying to survey bats living deep in Africa near the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
An accurate diagnosis is not just for the living. Everyday, pathologists perform autopsies on dead bodies to discover th ...MAY 20, 2017Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq ...MAY 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end to the largest Ebola outbreak in histor ...
OCT 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Madagascar is currently battling a plague outbreak that has so far infected nearly 1,200 people and killed 124 people. I
...
OCT 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Raging wildfire is not the only crisis happening in California. On Friday, October 13, 2017, California Gov. Jerry
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2017
Microbiology
The local food movement, with origins dating back to the 1930s, aims at influencing consumers to purchase food that has
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 10, 2017
Plants & Animals
At least 100 hippopotamuses are dead in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park as of last week, and animal experts and v
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2017
Videos
Federal prosecutors have alleged that a Massachusetts pharmacy, New England Compounding Center (NECC), displayed a shock
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2017
Videos
In Franklin, VT, a tiny town not far from the Canadian border, Lake Carmi is where residents go swimming, sail and enjoy
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According
...
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
SEP 03, 2017
Videos
A new superbug has been identified by researchers with the Partner State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences in the Departme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2017
Microbiology
New work by researchers at the University of Cambridge has provided insight into how tuberculosis infections get a footh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2017
Videos
No one like pimples, but they're a common occurrence in people of all ages; they can appear on almost any part of your b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2017
Microbiology
Dietary supplements are popular in the United States, but the FDA has a warning about one manufacturer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2017
Microbiology
Trying to get bacteria out of a kitchen sponge is apparently harder than we thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin
...
JUL 29, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have detected a single atypical case of mad cow disease in the United States.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For people who are lucky enough to survive an Ebola infection, the virus doesn't go away without leaving some traces
...
JUN 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a first, the US FDA requested that Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid painkiller, be voluntarily removed
...
JUN 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work sheds light on how a kind of bacteria sex spreads resistance genes around.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2017
Videos
Some scientists are especially dedicated to their work. Take those trying to survey bats living deep in Africa near the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An accurate diagnosis is not just for the living. Everyday, pathologists perform autopsies on dead bodies to discover th
...
MAY 20, 2017
Cancer
Zika was a relatively an unknown name in the Americas until around 2015 when the outbreak in Brazil caught the world&rsq
...
MAY 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the end to the largest Ebola outbreak in histor
...